By Dailymail.com Reporter and Associated Press
Published: 23:31 GMT, 12 March 2019 | Updated: 23:31 GMT, 12 March 2019
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A Connecticut university has denied it was at fault after a student choked to death during a pancake eating contest on campus in 2017.
Caitlin Nelson, 20, was participating in Sacred Heart University's Greek Week celebration on March 20, 2017 when she began choking.
The sorority woman fell to the floor and started shaking uncontrollably after eating multiple pancakes in a short period of time.
Lawyers for Sacred Heart University blamed Nelson's own actions for her death in court documents filed Tuesday in response to a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Nelson's mother, who is seeking an undisclosed amount of money.
Rosanne Nelson is accusing the Catholic school of approving the contest despite the dangers and failing to provide adequate medical personnel.
Sacred Heart University it was at fault after student Caitlin Nelson, 20, during a pancake eating contest on campus in 2017
n Nelson, 20, was participating in Sacred Heart University's Greek Week celebration on March 20, 2017 when she began choking. Pictured is Sacred Heart University
Rosanne filed the lawsuit against Sacred Heard in October, saying she wanted to raise awareness of the dangerous of amateur eating contests.
She said responding officers who treated Nelson found a mass of pancake paste 'like concrete' in her airway.
The official cause of death was 'asphyxia due to obstruction of airway by bolus of
